Finding Books
For books in the circulating collection (Main Stacks), use the Online Catalog.
Example:
Topic: German Immigration
Subject: German Americans
Example:
Topic: The invention of the car
Keyword(s): automobile history
Book Locations:
Books on immigration can be found at call number: E184
Books on inventions can be found at call number: T15
Finding Journal and Newspaper Articles
Please read Off-Campus Database Access if you want to do your searching from home.
Many databases maybe used to research your topics. The following list are the databases we went over in class.
FLITE > Databases > General & Multidisciplinary Resources
Suggested Electronic Reference Resources:
Immigration/Heritage:
Inventions:
Use the Find a Periodical search to find a specific journal title at FLITE.
Reserve
There are two books on reserve for this class:
- Reimers, David M. Other Immigrants. New York: New York University Press, 2005.
Contents: Asians in Hawaii and the United States, North to America, 1900-1940 124 Part II The Emergence of a New Multicultural Society: 1940- present, El Norte: Mexicans, 1940-present, Central and South Americans, Across the Pacific Again; East Asians, Across the Pacific Again: South Asians, Middle Easterners, The New Black Immigrants, Refugees: Cubans and Asians - Messadie, Gerald. Great Modern Inventions. New York: Chambers, 1991.
Getting the Article
If HTML or PDF full text options are available, click the link to go directly to the full text.
If full text is not an option:
By clicking "Find
It", the range of options
available for document retrieval (print, microform, online). If the full text of the
article is available, you will be able to find the article by clicking on the link.
If the only message you see is "Request document via
Interlibrary Loan";, you will need to order the article. By clicking on the link in the window provided,
you will be directed to a blank Interlibrary Loan form to
be filled out.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of presenting another's work or ideas
as your own. Plagiarism is often unintentional, but it occurs whenever you use someone else's ideas
or words without giving them credit. It can be obvious - purchasing a term paper or turning
in a project done by someone else. It can be putting other's ideas into your own words. A simple rule:
do not copy text from Web pages or other sources without identifying the origional author. In this description,
I am using ideas presented in the FLITE Online Tutorial called PILOT.
The tutorial provides these four
tips to avoid Plagiarism:
For more information about Plagiarism, please explore the Plagiarism webpage provided by the
Ferris State University Writing Center.
Citation Style Guides
Whenever you are quoting or using information from a source, you must credit or cite that source. Failure to do so is plagiarism which can lead to expulsion from the University. The following links provide information on how to use MLA: Style Guides, which you can access from the library home page by choosing:
Reference > General Reference > Citation Style Guides > Citation Style Guide: MLA (PDF)...
MLA List of References
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the MLA format.
Copies of the full-length MLA Handbook (MLA handbook for writers of research papers) are found in the Ready Reference section on Floor 1 of the library near the South Service Reference Desk.
If you have any questions about what we went over during the library
visit, Email Jodi Shepherd.
Don't forget, you are welcome to come to the South Service Desk and ask for help at any time. You can also call us 231-591-3602 or chat with us.
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Last Update: October 18, 2006